1991–92 European Cup

1991–92 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 18 September 1991 – 20 May 1992
Teams 32 (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up Sampdoria
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Sergei Yuran
Jean-Pierre Papin
(7 goals)

The 1991–92 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Barcelona after extra time in the final against Sampdoria, giving Spain its first championship trophy since 1966. The winning goal was scored by Ronald Koeman with a free-kick. This was the last tournament before the competition was re-branded as the UEFA Champions League. It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final.

This tournament also marked the first appearance of English clubs after a six-year absence resulting from the ban they received following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. They would have returned one year earlier had any club other than Liverpool won the 1990 Football League championship, but Liverpool were unable to participate in the 1990–91 competition because they had been banned for an additional year beyond the five-year ban to which all English clubs had been subjected.

The previous season's champions, Red Star Belgrade, did not have an opportunity to play at their own ground because of war in the former Yugoslavia, thereby reducing their chances of defending their title. Red Star themselves were eliminated in the group stage.

Contents

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Barcelona 3–1 Hansa Rostock 3–0 0–1
Kaiserslautern 3–1 Etar 2–0 1–1
Union Luxembourg 0–10 Marseille 0–5 0–5
Sparta Prague (a)2–2 Rangers 1–0 1–2
Ħamrun Spartans 0–10 Benfica 0–6 0–4
Arsenal 6–2 Austria Wien 6–1 0–1
HJK Helsinki 0–4 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–3
Brøndby 4–2 Zagłębie Lubin 3–0 1–2
Fram Reykjavík 2–2(a) Panathinaikos 2–2 0–0
IFK Göteborg (a)1–1 Flamurtari Vlorë 0–0 1–1
Beşiktaş 2–3 PSV Eindhoven 1–1 1–2
Anderlecht 4–1 Grasshopper 1–1 3–0
Red Star Belgrade 8–0 Portadown 4–0 4–0
Universitatea Craiova 2–3 Apollon Limassol 2–0 0–3
Budapest Honvéd 3–1 Dundalk 1–1 2–0
Sampdoria 7–1 Rosenborg 5–0 2–1

First leg

18 September 1991
Barcelona 3 – 0 Hansa Rostock Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Alphonse Constantin (Belgium)
Laudrup  25'47'
Goikoetxea  77'
Report

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17 September 1991
Kaiserslautern 2 – 0 Etar Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Attendance: 24,700
Referee: Fortunato Azevedo (Portugal)
Funkel  38' (pen.)73' Report

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18 September 1991
Union Luxembourg 0 – 5 Marseille Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg
Report

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Papin  11'31'85' (pen.)
Xuereb  14'
Sauzée  44'

18 September 1991
Sparta Prague 1 – 0 Rangers
Němec  20' Report

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18 September 1991
Ħamrun Spartans 0 – 6 Benfica
Report

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Pacheco  30'
Yuran  32'35'50'83'
Rui Águas  75'

18 September 1991
Arsenal 6 – 1 Austria Wien Highbury, London
Linighan  38'
Smith  51'54'66'67'
Limpar  80'
Report

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Ogris  56'

18 September 1991
HJK Helsinki 0 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv
Report

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Kovalets  32'

18 September 1991
Brøndby 3 – 0 Zagłębie Lubin
Christofte  53' (pen.)
Ekelund  58'
Okechukwu  73'
Report

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18 September 1991
Fram Reykjavík 2 – 2 Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium, Athens
Ragnarsson  57'
Arnþórsson  62'
Report

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Christodoulou  38'72'

18 September 1991
IFK Göteborg 0 – 0 Flamurtari Vlorë
Report

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17 September 1991
Beşiktaş 1 – 1 PSV Eindhoven
Özdilek  80' (pen.) Report

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Ellerman  27'

18 September 1991
Anderlecht 1 – 1 Grasshopper
Degryse  44' Report

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Nemtsoudis  65'

18 September 1991
Red Star Belgrade 4 – 0 Portadown
Tanjga  15'
Stošić  37'
Mihajlović  77'85'
Report

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18 September 1991
Universitatea Craiova 2 – 0 Apollon Limassol
Popescu  22' (pen.)
Agalliu  68'
Report

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18 September 1991
Budapest Honvéd 1 – 1 Dundalk
Negrau  82' Report

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McEvoy  30'

18 September 1991
Sampdoria 5 – 0 Rosenborg Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Lombardo  11'84'
Dossena  26'57'
Silas  76'
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Second leg

2 October 1991
Hansa Rostock 1 – 0 Barcelona
Spies  66' Report

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Barcelona beat Hansa Rostock 3–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Etar 1 – 1 Kaiserslautern
Chervenkov  43' Report

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Degen  90'

Kaiserslautern beat Etar 3–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Marseille 5 – 0 Union Luxembourg
Papin  15'46'
Angloma  56'
Eyraud  60'
Xuereb  75'
Report

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Marseille beat Union Luxembourg 10–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Rangers 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Sparta Prague
McCall  48'94' Report

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Nisbet  98' (o.g.)

Sparta Prague 2–2 Rangers on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.


2 October 1991
Benfica 4 – 0 Ħamrun Spartans
Isaías  52'
Brito  70'
Yuran  73'
Paulo Madeira  75'
Report

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Benfica beat Ħamrun Spartans 10–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Austria Wien 1 – 0 Arsenal
Stöger  78' (pen.) Report

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Arsenal beat Austria Wien 6–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Dynamo Kyiv 3 – 0 HJK Helsinki
Kovalets  28'
Moroz  48'
Hrytsyna  72'
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Dynamo Kyiv beat HJK Helsinki 4–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Zagłębie Lubin 2 – 1 Brøndby
Czachowski  60'
Grech  73'
Report

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Vilfort  28'

Brøndby beat Zagłębie Lubin 4–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Panathinaikos 0 – 0 Fram Reykjavík
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Fram Reykjavík 2–2 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals.


2 October 1991
Flamurtari Vlorë 1 – 1 IFK Göteborg
Daullja  25' Report

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Ekström  68'

IFK Göteborg 1–1 Flamurtari Vlorë on aggregate. IFK Göteborg won on away goals.


2 October 1991
PSV Eindhoven 2 – 1 Beşiktaş
Vanenburg  25'
Kalusha  74'
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Tekin  4'

PSV Eindhoven beat Beşiktaş 3–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Grasshopper 0 – 3 Anderlecht
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Nilis  8'24'82'

Anderlecht beat Grasshopper 4–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Portadown 0 – 4 Red Star Belgrade
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Ratković  19'54'
Pančev  38'
Radinović  87'

Red Star Belgrade beat Portadown 8–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Apollon Limassol 3 – 0 Universitatea Craiova
Ptak  10' (pen.)
Pesirovic  56'79'
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Apollon Limassol beat Universitatea Craiova 3–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Dundalk 0 – 2 Budapest Honvéd
Report

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Pisont  24'29'

Budapest Honvéd beat Dundalk 3–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1991
Rosenborg 1 – 2 Sampdoria Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Strand  83' Report

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Vialli  85'
Mancini  90' (pen.)

Sampdoria beat Rosenborg 7–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Barcelona (a)3–3 Kaiserslautern 2–0 1–3
Marseille 4–4(a) Sparta Prague 3–2 1–2
Benfica 4–2 Arsenal 1–1 3–1 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 Brøndby 1–1 1–0
Panathinaikos 4–2 IFK Göteborg 2–0 2–2
PSV Eindhoven 0–2 Anderlecht 0–0 0–2
Red Star Belgrade 5–1 Apollon Limassol 3–1 2–0
Budapest Honvéd 3–4 Sampdoria 2–1 1–3

First leg

23 October 1991
Barcelona 2 – 0 Kaiserslautern
Begiristain  41'53' Report

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23 October 1991
Marseille 3 – 2 Sparta Prague
Waddle  34'
Papin  55'60'
Report

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Vrabec  63' (pen.)
Kukleta  80' (pen.)

23 October 1991
Benfica 1 – 1 Arsenal
Isaías  15' Report

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Campbell  18'

23 October 1991
Dynamo Kyiv 1 – 1 Brøndby
Salenko  77' (pen.) Report

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Nielsen  12'

23 October 1991
Panathinaikos 2 – 0 IFK Göteborg
Saravakos  27'
Marangos  49'
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23 October 1991
PSV Eindhoven 0 – 0 Anderlecht
Report

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23 October 1991
Red Star Belgrade 3 – 1 Apollon Limassol
Pančev  16'
Lukić  70'
Savićević  83' (pen.)
Report

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Ptak  41'

23 October 1991
Budapest Honvéd 2 – 1 Sampdoria Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
Pisont  52'
Cservenkai  72'
Report

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Toninho Cerezo  56'

Second leg

6 November 1991
Kaiserslautern 3 – 1 Barcelona Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern
Hotić  35'49'
Goldbæk  76'
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Bakero  90'

Barcelona 3–3 Kaiserslautern on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.


6 November 1991
Sparta Prague 2 – 1 Marseille
Frýdek  36'
Siegl  70'
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Pelé  86'

Marseille 4–4 Sparta Prague on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.


6 November 1991
Arsenal 1 – 3 (aet) Benfica Highbury, London
Pates  20' Report

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Isaías  36'109'
Kulkov  100'

Benfica beat Arsenal 4–2 on aggregate.


6 November 1991
Brøndby 0 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv
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Yakovenko  6'

Dynamo Kyiv beat Brøndby 2–1 on aggregate.


6 November 1991
IFK Göteborg 2 – 2 Panathinaikos
Svensson  23'
Ekström  37'
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Saravakos  60'81' (pen.)

Panathinaikos beat IFK Göteborg 4–2 on aggregate.


6 November 1991
Anderlecht 2 – 0 PSV Eindhoven
Degryse  10'
Boffin  90'
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Anderlecht beat PSV Eindhoven 2–0 on aggregate.


6 November 1991
Apollon Limassol 0 – 2 Red Star Belgrade
Report

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Savićević  48'
Lukić  79' (pen.)

Red Star Belgrade beat Apollon Limassol 5–1 on aggregate.


6 November 1991
Sampdoria 3 – 1 Budapest Honvéd Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Lombardo  10'
Vialli  27'46'
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Pari  65' (o.g.)

Sampdoria beat Budapest Honvéd 4–3 on aggregate.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sampdoria 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 8
Red Star Belgrade 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 6
Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 6
Panathinaikos 6 0 4 2 1 4 −3 4
27 November 1991
Sampdoria 2 – 0 Red Star Belgrade Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Nedeljković  7' (o.g.)
Vialli  74'
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27 November 1991
Anderlecht 0 – 0 Panathinaikos
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11 December 1991
Panathinaikos 0 – 0 Sampdoria Olympic Stadium, Athens
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12 December 1991
Red Star Belgrade 3 – 2 Anderlecht Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
Ratković  19'
Ivić  70'
Pančev  88'
Report

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Lamptey  33'
Nilis  55'

Match was played in Budapest, Hungary since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into Yugoslav Wars.


4 March 1992
Panathinaikos 0 – 2 Red Star Belgrade
Report

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Pančev  70'87'
4 March 1992
Anderlecht 3 – 2 Sampdoria Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
Degryse  53'
Nilis  66'88'
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Vialli  26'63'

18 March 1992
Red Star Belgrade 1 – 0 Panathinaikos Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 25,000
Mihajlović  53' (pen.) Report

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Match was played in Sofia, Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into Yugoslav Wars.

18 March 1992
Sampdoria 2 – 0 Anderlecht Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Lombardo  33'
Mancini  35'
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1 April 1992
Red Star Belgrade 1 – 3 Sampdoria Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: dos Santos (Portugal)
Mihajlović  19' Report

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Katanec  34'
Vasilijević  41' (o.g.)
Mancini  76'

Match was played in Sofia, Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into Yugoslav Wars.

1 April 1992
Panathinaikos 0 – 0 Anderlecht
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15 April 1992
Sampdoria 1 – 1 Panathinaikos Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Mancini  36' Report

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Marangos  27'
15 April 1992
Anderlecht 3 – 2 Red Star Belgrade
Oliveira  3'
Bosman  44'
Degryse  82'
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Pančev  7'
Čula  80'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 9
Sparta Prague 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 6
Benfica 6 1 3 2 8 5 +3 5
Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 0 4 3 12 −9 4
27 November 1991
Barcelona 3 – 2 Sparta Prague Camp Nou, Barcelona
Amor  14'
Laudrup  34'
Bakero  61'
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Vrabec  19'
Němeček  64'
27 November 1991
Dynamo Kyiv 1 – 0 Benfica
Salenko  29' Report

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11 December 1991
Sparta Prague 2 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv
Němeček  13'
Vrabec  22'
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Sharan  55'
11 December 1991
Benfica 0 – 0 Barcelona
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4 March 1992
Dynamo Kyiv 0 – 2 Barcelona
Report

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Stoichkov  33'
Salinas  66'
4 March 1992
Benfica 1 – 1 Sparta Prague
Pacheco  53' (pen.) Report

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Novotný  31'

18 March 1992
Barcelona 3 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Stoichkov  60'81'
Salinas  88'
Report

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18 March 1992
Sparta Prague 1 – 1 Benfica
Chovanec  45' Report

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Vítor Paneira  29'

1 April 1992
Sparta Prague 1 – 0 Barcelona
Siegl  65' Report

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1 April 1992
Benfica 5 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Brito  25'62'
Isaías  71'
Yuran  83'87'
Report

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15 April 1992
Dynamo Kyiv 1 – 0 Sparta Prague
Salenko  82' Report

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15 April 1992
Barcelona 2 – 1 Benfica
Stoichkov  10'
Bakero  25'
Report

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Brito  29'

Final

20 May 1992
Barcelona 1 – 0 Sampdoria Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 70,827
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
Koeman  111' Report

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Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1991–92 European Cup (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Sergei Yuran Benfica 7
Jean-Pierre Papin Olympique Marseille 7
3 Luc Nilis Anderlecht 6
Darko Pančev Red Star Belgrade 6
Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria 6
6 Isaías Benfica 5
7 Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona 4
César Brito Benfica 4
Marc Degryse Anderlecht 4
Attilio Lombardo Sampdoria 4
Roberto Mancini Sampdoria 4
Siniša Mihajlović Red Star Belgrade 4
Alan Smith Arsenal 4
13 José Mari Bakero Barcelona 3
Michael Laudrup Barcelona 3
István Pisont Budapest Honvéd 3
Milorad Ratković Red Star Belgrade 3
Oleg Salenko Dynamo Kyiv 3
Dimitris Saravakos Panathinaikos 3
Petr Vrabec Sparta Prague 3

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